Welcome spring with the fall-planted garden standard like no other — Daffodils, Jonquils, and Narcissus!
Featuring flowers that resemble 'cups and saucers', the Daffodils' bloom is iconic! The distinct central trumpet stands out from the backdrop of petals! These pollinator-friendly flowers are available in a dizzying array of warm sunny colors, including every shade and intensity of yellow, white and cream, orange, pink, and soft peaches and apricots!
There are many bi-color and double forms, plus various ruffled, fringed, and spider-like!
Born singly or in multiples, these scented spring ephemerals are backed by a clump of strappy green grass-like foliage that erupts each year from a clumping, underground bulb.
Read on to learn about the Daffodils available for your garden in 2025 and how to best grow and display them to maximize your enjoyment!
Newest Daffodils Available At NatureHills.com!
Nature Hills Nursery offers fall-planted bulbs for spring blooms now and we’ll ship your order to you based on your growing zone. This ensures your quality dormant bulbs stay dormant once you plant them and form roots all winter, ready to jump out of the ground next spring!
- Akita Daffodil - Larger classic yellow/orange flowers with taller stems and foliage!
- Golden Bells Daffodil - Gorgeous large yellow bell-like trumpets take the stage, backed by slender smaller back petals!
- Rip Van Winkle Daffodil - A spikey pom-pom of slender curled yellow petals resembles a Cactus Dahlia!
- Thalia Daffodil - Smaller but prolific snowy white petals and trumpets
- Golden Ducat Daffodil - Double petals and double trumpets in bright saturated yellow
- Tahiti Double Daffodil - Showy yellow petals and orange/yellow splotched double trumpets
- Apricot Whirl Daffodil - Creamy apricot/white petals and ruffled flattened trumpets
- Art Perfume Daffodil - Unique round petals in white with yellow edges and triple trumpets that are heavily ruffled and densely clustered in popcorn yellow! Super scented!
- Tete A Tete Daffodil - Tiny versions of the classic yellow Daffodil with prolific flowering
- King Alfred type Classic Improved Daffodil - An improved classic yellow Daffodil
Each of these unique Daffodil varieties is easy to grow and a sure bet for your landscape!
Landscaping With Daffodils
Daffodils captivate the spring garden! To maximize their color, plant in rows and groupings throughout the landscape! You can use these bright beauties to make a statement in your garden bed or as a mass planting.
These bulbs happily mingle among perennials and shrubs, then appreciate their neighbor's later emerging foliage later in the season to protect the Daffodil from the hot summer sun. Fantastic for early emerging pollinators and great in cut flower bouquets
Many gardeners like to use their Daffodils as floriferous erosion control on embankments and slopes! Daffodils can naturalize, so plant them throughout an area and watch the joy gradually spread throughout your garden!
Indoors, Narcissus lends itself well to forcing for winter color and fragrant décor. Grow in a cloche or shallow dish of pebbles and moss, or in a specialized forcing vase for some winter cheer! Pot up on a porch or patio container garden in the sun or in a spring window box or railing planter!
When you receive your bulbs in the fall, you can keep them in cool storage until winter and then plant them indoors in a pot, before a bright sunny window. In a few weeks, you’ll have forced Daffodil bulbs adding their cheer and scent to your indoor gardens!
Planting & Caring For Daffodils
- In the autumn, choose a well-drained soil location in full sun location in cooler growing zones, and part shade/afternoon shade in hot climates
- Add some bulb fertilizer and Nature Hills Root Booster into the planting hole for a big boost.
- Plant Daffodil bulbs at a depth of 2-3 times the length of the bulb, with the pointed end up. In colder climates it is best to plant bulbs a little deeper so they can survive the winter; plant bulbs at least 3 inches apart.
- Backfill, tamping down gently to remove air pockets and completely cover the bulbs.
- Top-dress with 3-4 inches of mulch to insulate the roots and keep the soil moisture consistent.
- Water regularly using the Finger Test to help them get established, continuing to water until the ground freezes in the winter and again in the spring if you’ve not had adequate rain.
Once your bulbs emerge in the spring, don’t worry about late frosts! Being a timeless favorite, hardy, and easy to grow, the Daffodil will survive temperature dips and morning frost. Plus these bulbs are largely deer and rodent-resistant!
Enjoy the flowers in the spring but once they fade, you can either trim off the old flowering stems or leave them in place to make seeds that will help naturalize and spread, making more plants in the future!
Keep the foliage in place until it yellows, that way, the long slender leaves will continue making food for the bulb so you have healthy plants and big blooms next year!
Order In Fall For Iconic Spring Blooms!
Brighten your sunny garden beds and borders, pots and planters, and indoor spaces with these gorgeous scented spring ephemerals!
Find quality bulbs for Daffodils and more at NatureHills.com and gain easy spring garden beauty without the work! Feed early emerging pollinators and fill your vases with cut flowers. Large or small-scale, Daffodil bulbs are perfect for all!
Find your new favorite Daffodil varieties for your garden now at NatureHills.com!
Happy Planting!
